Koe No Katachi 58
That critic guy could have been a little less blunt. I get that the author wanted to take them down a notch (and subsequently bring them back up), but I think it would have been more powerful if the sequence was more... realistic? His criticism sounded comical to me; almost like I was listening to fuck Simon Cowell from American Idol. Anyway, despite my misgivings with the Ultimate Douchebag, I did enjoy the sequence as a whole. I liked how
This motherfucking ghost appears. There's definitely something otherwordly about his reappearance. He feels distinct from how the others are drawn, and I love it.
And the gang...actually feels like a group of friends now. Like before, it was all smiles, and everyone put on appearances. But now...
Friends? Friends.